Democralic Senators Weakening Under HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— Xo. 25 WILSON SEES DEFEA PURCHASE BILL CONCESSIONS T President, During Confer ence, Asks Progressive Republicans to Take the Places of Nine Democrats Who Revolted Against the Administration Yesterday MEASURE WILL BE AMENDED, IS BELIEF Declaration of Principle Might Be Incorporated, Saying Government Would Buy No Ships Which Would Involve Controver sies With Belligerents By Associated Press Washing-ton. Feb. 2.—While the ad ministration Senate Democrats cau cused to-day to reorganize their shat tered lines and renew the fight for the ship bill. President Wilson conferred with Progressive Republican Senators at the White House seeking: a basis to make the bill agreeable to enough of that wing and fill the gap caused by the sudden deflection of nine Democratic votes in yesterday's sen sation coup, when the antiadministra tion Senators threw the measure into the shadow of defeat. One of the strong: possibilities of a basis of compromise was that a decla ration of principle might be incor porated in the bill, saying the govern ment intended to buy n<> ships which would involve controver sies with the European belligerents, but that it would be so framed as not t any of the rights of the States. Hr Scarcely had the caucus begun when J LaFollette, Progressive Re publican. upon whom the Democrats are counting for support, appeared outside the conference room and dis cussed the situation with administra tion leaders. That the bill would be amended most of the Democrats seemed ready to concede, but to what extent did not become apparent in the early hours of the conference. Remain Out of Caucus Seven of the Democrats who voted with Republicans yesterday did not attend the Caucus. They were Bank liead. Camden. Clark, Hardwick, Hitchcock. O'Gorman and Vardaman. Senators Hoke, Smith and Brvan. how ever, who rotes to table Vice-Presi dent Marshall's ruling declaring out of order Senator Clark's motion to re commit the bill did not ignore the caucus. Amendments which the caucus con sidered included those urged by Sen ators Norris and Kenyon. One. by- Senator Norris, would provide that no vessel should be purchased by the gov ernment which sails under the flag of any nation at war with any other nation which is at peace with the United States, unless prior to such purchase an understanding or agree ment shall have been reached that will avoid any international difficulty or dispute regarding such ship pur chase. Senator Kenyon proposes that cab inet officials should not serve on the shipping board. ith a view to seeking terms upon ■which progressive Republicans would support the ship bill and to confer with Democrats who bolted yesterday, the Democratic caucus appointed a committee of three to conduct nego tiations and report at another caucus to-night. Wilson Still Confident The President told the correspond ents at the White House he was confi dent the bill would pass. When ask ed if there would be amendments he replied the changes contemplated would not alter the spirit of the meas ure. He hoped, and was Inclined to think, that such changes as were made would satisfy the Progressive Republi cans. who were not asking anything inconsistent with the principle "of the bill, but wanted chiefly, he said, to de [Continued on Page !>.] THE WEATHER For lliirri»l>uric and vicinity's llnln or Nlwt to-night nml \\edne«dayi not much clinnxr in temperature; loweat temperature to-night, about freer Ing. For l-lantern I'ennaylvanla: linln or "leet to-nlghj an<i Wednendavt eaat gale*. River The SuMqunehannn river and nil Ita tributaries* will continue to rlae to-night anil \\ ednewday, eicept the upper portion* of the princi pal brant-he* will probably l»e K in to full Wednesday. The lilghe*t *«' age* prtnnl*e to he well helot* •he flood point In all Mtreamn of the n.YNtem. \ Ntase of about K.,% feet IN Indicated for llurrialnirg Wedneadav morning. fieneral Conditions The Ntorm liu* continued to move N low IT ea*t wa;rd during the la*t •twenty-four hour* with deorean- Ing *treifgth und la now central over the Ohio Valley. If haa canned precipitation over nearly all the country eaat of the *ll*'- aiaalppl river. If la 2 to -H degree* colder over nearly all the country, except I 'lah, Idaho and Montana, w here It la aomewhat warmer. Temperature: ft n . m.. 3H. *un: Rlae«, 7:1« a. m.: net a. 5:23 p. m. Moon: fllnea, 8:23 p. m. River Stage: feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather lllgheat temperature, IP. I.oweat temperature. 30. Meetn tempera*!ure, 3T». .Normal temperature, -S. \how royal firehouse will look when built ) ••, f . • A V ML $. L '4' t t ? I - V I J PLAN OF THE RO YAL FIREHOUSE Plan of the Royal Fire Company house drawn by C. Howard Lloyd, architect, which Is to be erected on the north side of Derry street about 125 feet west of the western line of Twenty-first street. The building will be two story, red brick, with stone trimming*, outside dimensions, about 25 by 75. The tirst floor will contain two stalls and space to accommodate two fire apparatuses: the second floor, a parlor 23 by 25 feet and dormitory 18 by 2+ feet, with bath. The building will contain 'he usual open horse stalls, sliding poles and all appliances of a modern firehouse. I ENGLAND OBJECTS TO y. S. SENDING FOOD SUPPLY TO GERMANY Great Britain Gives Notice Ships Will Be Seized and That There Will Be No Compensation By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 2.—Great Britain notified the United States to-day al j though not in official form, that food- I stuffs of any kind destined for Ger • many, Austria and Turkey would be i regarded as contraband of war. ] The action of the British Govern ment is based upon the recent German ; decree whereby that government will take over all grain in Germany for common use. | Because the steamer Wilhelmina 'sailed from New York for Bremen be fore the issuance of the decree it is i understood that her cargo of food for i German vivilians will be paid for and | appropriated by the British Govern j ment and the ship allowed to go free. But, hereafter, t'ood-laden ships i sailing from the United States directly ; for German ports or for neutral ports in Kurope where it appears that the : cargo may ultimately reach Germany, ! will be subject to seizure outright, ship and cargo, without compensaMon. i The State Department now is con | sidering this latest announcement of i the British Government but so far has j not committed itself to its approval. Attorney General Breaks Records on Employes' Pay Opinion i Attorney General Francis Shunk | Brown established a record for quick j legal advice to-day. He was asked about 11 o'clock by Auditor General A. | W Powell whether he could pay legis- I latlve employes from the first day of !th session. It has been customary to j pay th"se appointed for that period and I also pay the holdovers until they are | superseded. At noon Mr. Brown made decision. Mr. Brown holds that they I shall be paid from the tirst day of the | session. He cites opinions given by | M. Hampton Todd wlien Attornev Gen eral on April 7. 1909, to T. A. Cricliton, I then Deputy Auditor General, to that ; effect, and says that he concurs in the | findings of his predecessor. 'GERMAN' OFFENSIVE RESUMED SAYS PETROGRAD DISPATCH I Petrograd, Feb. 2.—Renewal of a j fierce offensive by the Germans in ; the region of Sochaczew and Bolo j movo on the road to Warsaw Is ad j mitted in an official statement here ' to-day. The violence of the German ! attack, the statement says, compelled j some of the Russian units to retire to ' the second line of trenches. MAY DISCONTINUE RELIEF i Berlin, via London, Feb. 2. 12:55 |p. m. —Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the American-Belgian relief com mittee, has arrived In Berlin for an important conference with the Ger • man Government. So important are these negotiations that it may be said | that upon them depends whether j American relief measures In Belgium can be continued or not. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1915. TO APPOINT VIEWERS FOR IRDSCRABBLE' Solicitor Seitz Suggests Plan to Settle Benefits and Damage Problem Solution of the "Hardscrabble" problem without working hardship on the owners of properties on the west i side of Front street between Herr and '"alder —the stretch which will bo taken over by the city—was suggested to council this afternoon by City So licitor D. S. Seitz in a comprehensive I letter on the subject. Solicitor Seitz suggested that he be authorized to ask the court to ap point viewers to assess the benefits and damages that may result from the taking over of the properties but that the affected propertyhoiders be not required to relinquish possession until the amount of damages has been determined and a judgment entered in the owners' favor against the city. By this method instead of waiting a [Continued on Page 9.] FLOUR INCREASES $2 BOL. IN TWO MONTHS Price Has Steadily Been Soaring; Wheat Is Touching Only the High Spots ' At ihe local warehouse of the Pax ton Flour and Feed Company wheat was quoted to-day at $1.40 a bushel. This is the highest price in this sec tion since 1898 when it was at $1.50 a j bushel. During Jlay, 1909, wheat sold in Harrisburg for $1.40, to-day's price. In Chicago to-day the price of wheat was quoted at $1.60'/4 a bushel. The price was for wheat in bulk, sold di rect to millers and other heavy buyers. Local warehouses, it is understood, are well llllert at present. Local deal ers anticipate a further increase, but how much, they are unable to say. Local baking companies announced that bread would not go higher im mediately. According to Harrisburg grocery men, the high cost of living has been increased only in the retail price of flour, due to high wheat prices. At the Kreidler Brothers store it was stated that consumers buy in bags containing twenty-four arid a half pounds. The price is $1.15. Three [Continued on Pago ».] LABOR MEN HELD FOR MURDER By Associated Press Denver. Col.. Feb. 2.—William 'T. ; Hickey and Eli M. Grose, secretary treasurer and vice-president, respect ively. of the Colorado Federation of were arrested last night, charged with murder, according to in formation from the sheriff's office to day. GERMANS CAPTURE RUSSIAN TRENCHES Petrograd, However, Says Gains Were of Small Importance as Compared With Losses 6,000 GERMANS LOST IN WEEK Churchill Says Germany Is Now Like "a Man Throttled With Heavy Gag" Tlio new (.erman attack on the Warsaw front lias led to soiuc of tlie heaviest fighting of the war in the ICast thus. far. An official statement from Petrograd to-day admits that the Germans succeeded in carrying Bwrtm tranche* in the region off SoHiiew and Bollnow, near the Vis tula and about 30 miles west of War saw. but states that the German suc cesses were of small importance com pared with the losses they sustained which are described as enormous. On the front les* than a mile long, more than ft.OOO Germans arc said to have l>ecn killed in a week. The Russians charg<>d the captured trenches and Petrograd reports that they succeeded in winning back a large part of tltciii. Tile battle for possession of Carpa thian passes continue** without defi nite success for either tlie Russians or the Austrians. Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the Admiralty. Is quoted a* having said that on account of Eng land's control of the seas. Germany was like a man throttled with a heavy gag, and that "the effort wears out the heart and Germany knows It." GERMANS RESENT EXECUTIONS fly Associated Press Rerlin, via London, Feb. 2, 10:38 a. m.—lndignation is expressed by the newspapers generally over the execu tion of Karl Ficke and Herr Grundler in Morocco on charges of treason pre ferred by the French. VON KLUCK'S SON DEAD fly Associated, Press Berlin, via Amsterdam and London. Feb. 2, 10:10 a. in. —The eldest son of General Von Kluck, naval lieutenant, is reported to have fallen near Middel kerke on January 26. All former non ! commissioned officers under fifty years are called to drill recruits. WIRES DAMAGED IN WEST Chicago, 111., Feb. 2.—Weather con ; ditions to-day continued to hamper I telegraph and telephone companies and communication with many point* waa difficult and In ■"T'a iUr«nlf"\i I cut oil WAITS FOR KNIGHT FROM OUT O'SOUTH Lady Mawson Wirelesses Explorer That She Just Can't Give Him Up If you had become engaged to "the only man" just before he sailed away ! for a weary year's stay in the wastes of the South Polar Seas, and after a weary heartaching wait you had re ceived a wireless from out the black ness of the Antarctic Circle to the effect that the one man in the world was a physical wreck because of the awful hardships he had undergone and that therefore he released you from your promise—what would YOU have done? Ten to one you'd have flashed back by return wave the very same message that so thoroughly convinced Sir Doug las Mawson that the South Pole, after all, isn't so cold. Here's the message: If you ever needed me you need me now Refuse release Love you. [Continued on Page 9.] FLOOD DANGER HALTED By COLDER WEATHER Storm Is Decreasing; Spring's i Coming; Groundhog Didn't See His Shadow i Tiie rain of the past thirty-six hours ! will not cause a flood, according to [forecasts issued at noon. A stage of | about eight and one-half feet is indi i cated for Harrisburg to-morrow morn ing. A cold wave in the northeastern part of the United States has lowered temperatures, preventing the rain which fell from draining into the streams and removing immediate dan ger of floods. The forecast for Har risburg and Eastern Pennsylvania to night and Wednesday is rain and sleet with the lowest temperature about freezing. The storm is now over the Ohio Val ley and is decreasing in strength. Al most two inches of rain fell in Har risburg during the past twenty-four hours. Other Rivers Rising Flood stages were expected at Pitts burgh at noon. In the eastern part of | the State rain has caused high stages on the l/ehigh, Schuylkill and Dela ware rivers. The mills at Manayunk closed this mornins owing to the rise [Continued on Page 9.] CANADIAN'S IX READINESS flv Associated Press Victoria. B. C., Feb. 2.—The Cana- I dian Department of Militia and de fense has ordered the Thirtieth over i seas battalion, which has been in ; training outside Victoria, to lie held! in readiness for departure for Eng-1 land. SENATOR BEIDLEMAN PRESIDENT PRO TEM. More Than Majority of Senators Pledge Themselves to His Sap port For That Honor SI-NAT' >i; i: I 111 H.I M \.\ Senator Edward E. Beidleman, of this city, will be the next President pro tem. of the State Senate. The senator has been endorsed for election by thirty of the Republican senators, who have signed a paper for him which is to be presented to the Republican senatorial caucus at the close of the session and more are ex pected to sign to-day. As the membership of the Senate is fifty, the selection of the Dauphin sen ator is assured. Hi was heartily con gratulated to-day by his colleagues and by friends on this recognition of his work as a senator. The last Dauphin countian to hold ithe office of President pro tem. was Judge S. J. M. McCarrell. who was ! President pro tem. in 1895 and 1897. [ Judge McCarrell was Senator Beidle j man's preceptor in the law. Grandson of Paul Kruger Held on Treason Charge flv Associated Press Pretoria, via Feb. 2, 10.19 A. M.—Pletre Orobler, a. member of the parliament of the Union of South 'Africa and a grandson of Paul Kruger, jiir- f"-" j* (H for trial on a charge of treason. SUBWAY SAFER FOR TRAVELING AFOOT Lynch Ordinance Insures Conveni ence For Pedestrians on Second Street Approach Pedestrian travel through the Sec ond street subway and approaches will be made safer and more convenient if an ordinance offered this afternoon in City Council by Commissioner Williarp H. Lynch becomes a law. Its final passage is expected next week. The ordinance amends the present subway measure to provide for the construction of a six-foot sidewalk at the low grade along the base of the wall that divides the freight station entrance and the approach to the street level south of Mulberry street. Six-Foot Walk Along Base or Wall The sidewalk as planned by Mr. Lynch will begin at the northern limit of the subway approach wall east of the street about 160 feet south of the Cumberland Valley tracks. It will ex [ Continued on Page 9.] ISIiHPM SWEEPING MEASURE I Would Require Everybody Spend ing Money For Political Pur poses to Report to Courts A bill to compel reports from every person who may expend money for political candidates was nresented in the Senate to-day by Senator Sensenich, of Westmoreland county The measure provides an amendment to the corrupt practices act interpreting the term "political committee" to include "every person, copartnership, association, fed eration, league, society or corporation who or which raises or collects or uses or disburses or permits or controls or assists in the raisins; or collecting, using or disbursing of money to elect or defeat any candidate or candidates." Under the present law only political committees are required to report the expenditure of money in campaigns. Under the Sensenich bill all money ex pended, no matter by whom, would have to be certified to the clerk of the courts. Senator Sensenich says the bill is aimed to reach individuals or associations who expend monev for candidates outside of the regular po litical committees. Senator Sensenich also introduced j in the Senate to-day a bill mukinn it mandatory for all courts of record to render decisions within nine months of the trial of a case unless all parties pgree to an extension of time. A similar bill was defeated in the last Legisla ture. Other bills introduced Included these: Mr. Sproul. Delaware Kxempting [Continued on Page !> J I,Ht;iSI.ATI\ K It \>l The Honor will meet nt s o'clock | <o-ululit null at 10 o'clock to-ntor- i row mornlnir. The Srnnir ha* adjourned to meet But Monday night at »i3O. 14 PAGES GERM AN OFFICER CHARGED WITH DYNAMITING BRIDGE OVER ST. CROIX RIVER Police Make Arrest in Hotel at Vanceboro, Maine; Struc ture Joined United States and New Brunswick; Span Blown Out by Heavy Charge; Authorities Say They Have Secured Confession By Associated Press Vanceboro. Maine, Feb. 2.—An at tempt to destroy the railroad bridge spanning the St. Croix river, which forms the international boundary line between Eastern Maine and New Brunswick, was made early to-day. One of the three spans of the structure was blown up by dynamite. The attack on the bridge caused great excitement on the New Bruns wick side, where rumors of a German plot spread rapidly, and resulted in an immediate investigation by the provin cial authorities. Inquiry was begun on this side and led to the arrest at a local hotel of a man who gave his name as Werener Van Horn. According to the police,thc prisoner said he was an officer in the service of Germany, but refused to divulge his rank. The police assert that he admitted he exploded the dy namite under a section of the bridge and that a dynamite cap and a plan of the brldtre were found in his nockets. Van Horn, according to the police, described himself as 37 years old. He is o feet 11 inches in height and weighs about 200 pounds. He is smooth shaven. The arrest was made by Deputy Sheriff Ross, who was accompanied by a Maine Central Railroad detective and two Canadian officers from McAdam Junction. N. B. He was removed to the United States immigration rooms, where he was closely guarded. Made No Resistance When taken into custody at his room In the hotel Van Horn made no resistance, but is alleged to have told the officers the circumstances of the dynamiting. He seemed unable to speak very good English. Xo papers were found to Identify him. In a coal pocket he carried a German flag. Asked why he had dynamited the bridge, the prisoner, the police say, made the simple explanation that his country was at war with Great Britain and that Canada was a nart of Ihe enemy's country. He said, according to the officers, that he came from New York, having left that city on Friday night and arrived here Saturday. Im mediately after discharging the explo MAN KILLED BY EARTHSHOCK 1 lon, Feb. 2, 2.20 P. M. night in a number of districts ire. One C and many kad narrow e ig to the sh \ down :oal in the pita. £ 1 dered unworkable by the fall Wh I M. WARD, C r <es-Barre, Pa., Feb. 2. »hn M. Ward, pioneer !rrc tsnt and prominent in and banking circle:"., ' J died to-day of ganeral debility. lie was 80 years old. j APPOINT* POSTMASTER FOR SCRANTON 1 J Washington, Feb. 2.—President' Wilson to-day selected J John J. Durkin, as postmaster i cranton. Pa. The not ' 4 Sination was prepared for tke Senate. V WHEAT AT $1.65 IN LAST HOUR \ "Chicago, Feb. 2.—On a second, string swell, the wheat ji market swept upward in the last hour to $1.65 for May, a jS gain of 9}4c a bushel compared with last night. Trans- * I i in the May' option b 1 . >f trading shifted to the July delivery. < " BISHOP DUBS GROWS WEAKER ' iarrisburg. —Reports from the bedside of Bishop Dubs, j ' K who is ill at his home from >art trouble, this after- M K noon were simply—"He is gradually growing weaker." C Late this afternoon City Council directed City Solicitor h S Seitz to ask the court to appoint viewers who will assist in M # the solution of the "Hardscrabble" problem. F Washington, Feb. 2.— Senator Clapp told his colleagues ft ' before going to the White House to-day he intended telling M President Wilson the ship bill situation was not a subject for I executive interference," and that he resented being called » for a conference on it. After his visit to th'e White House K he mused to talk. .M Berlin, Feb. 2, via London, 2.58 P. M. —Emperor Wil- M liam will leave Berlin to-morrow for Wilhclmshaven on the C , North Sea, to inspect the German naval base there. I Paris, Feb. 2, 2P. M. —"A German submarine yester- C I day made an unsuccessful attempt to torpedo the British hospital ship Asturia3," according to a communication given Ci I out to lay by the ministry of marine. % I MARRIAGE LICENSES 5 J«Hpph <»|illn»k? and ■•■ aline brrnnrr, <-lt.T. M * POSTSCRIPT sive he returned to the hotel. As evi dence of his experience he displayed a frostbitten thumb. His clothing had been encrusted with ice and waa soaked throughout. The bridge is the connecting link between the Maine Central and the, Canadian Pacific track, the Canadian Pacific having traffic, rights over the former rond from Mattawamkeage trw the boundary. This is the through: route from Upper and Western Canada to the maritime provinces, directly,. t Continued on Page ».] Washington Bureau Says Groundhog Has No Chance to See Shadow in East fl.v Associated Press Washington. D. C„ Feb. 2.--The ground hog has no chance to see his shadow anywhere in the East when he comes out to-day and according to I tradition that means six weeks of bright days to follow. The Weather Bureau's official prediction to-day was: "The indications are that there will be snow and sleet in the North Atlantic. States and the south portion of th"> region of the Great Lakes, rain and snow in t«e Ohio Valley and rain in the Middle Atlnntic States during the next thirty-six hours. "Storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantic coast from Portland, Maine, to the Virginia Capes." Zeppelin Raid on Cities of England Proves Myth By Associated Press London, Feb. 2. 3.0 A. M. —Nothing further has been heard up to this hour of a Zeppelin raid nor is thero any confirmatrow or reports that German submarines were seen yesterday in the Irish Sea between Holy Head and Dub lin. Cross-channel service is still run ning and It Is considered there is no great danger for swift vessels. There seemingly was no occasion for alarm in London over a Zeppelin mid.
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